New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
THE POOL BEER BOYCOTT BEGUN
FREE DEALERS WILL NOT ACT HASTILY

CHANGES TO BE MADE As CIRCUMSTANCES MAIZE
THEM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NOT AFRAID.
The Wine Beer and Liquor Dealers Association APP
pears TO he I'm earnest in its determination to boycott
the bre wers who have formed q pool for the purpose
of cutting down compe titon and maintaining prices
until the pool is broken 1t the intention TO stop
the purchase of pool beer yesterday and although the
sign" No pool beer sold here. Down with monopoly
was posted mp conspicuOnsly in many liquor stores
throughout the city, the retailers as rule were not
ready tor general movement aud as the rule was NOT
compulsory the boycott did not 20 no general enect
The plan OF action decided on by the retailers s 20
trv the brands OF nonpoo beer aud settle on
some brand which suits customers before making any
permanent change. This process ha, been going on
for several weeks and II is estimated that nearly
third OF the Q 500 retail liquor dealers who have dc.
cded to join in the movement have found n nonpooi
beer which will suit their customers and have uade
arrangements to get It, They do not intend they say,
to make any radical change all at onc" but to make
arrangements fast as they are able TO chanee
from the pool brewers to those who are outsde oil the
pool
tailers busy yesterday visiting the different
association dealers and distributing the no-pooi
cards They called on Secretary Seiiert OF the Brew
ers' Exchange and had consultation in regard TO the
Crosby High License bill. The subject OF the pool
not brought mp.
The tronblo arises from Section in the Tool agree
ment, which provides that the price OF beer shall he
IS barrel loss per for all customers Who marc
arr .ngements with brewer after November l, The
date OF the formation OF the pool Customers who
mad, arran gemeus before that date could continue at
ths discount which they had been previously getting
and al, brewer could transfer a customer TO another
at the old discount The dealers the right to
buy of whom they please and to make whatever
gement they choose. Under the pool agreement
each member derosts 81 barrel for all beer thst no
sells above his usual quantity. II member OF the
pool tails below his usual sale he receives ~ Tor each
barrel The dealers say that account OF this rule
the brewers whom they may with % change aro not
an xious TO sell to them and they are in many in
stances unable to make change when they desire IT,
There are in Ncw-YoIk and its vicinity only six
brewers who out-de OF the po0l. They are james
Escraid, George Bcch,e the Enterprise Brewing
Company of Newark Mechler Brothcr-. Jacob Abes,
and 10 eph Fallerf. They have n capacity OF about
800. 900 barrels year. The pool brewers mako
4 900 900 ba res n yeai out ~ the 2O,OOO0OO bar
rels nrewrd in the United Statcs The retaicrs say
that addition the nui-pool brewers here they can
make arrang ements with ont OF town brewers to FUR
ni-h them with all the beer they want and are comb
dent h the brcwcr- iecede from their orig
nal posiion and allow the independent liquor deal
that il those whose plzces not mJrgaged TO
brewers-to buy their beer OF whom they please,
nearly the entire beer brewing irdn-tr, OF the city
wil be ether thrown the hands Of the non-pool
brewers or driven away from the citv.
Secretary Seicrt OF the Brewers Exchange Who Ia
the nouthpecc OF the pool, is and was rather
inclined Yesterday to view the boycott IA good Joke
A large number Oi the brewer, reported az head
quarters Yesterday and Mr.. Sccrt sad that III only
one had the lose OF q customer been reported